Kaden Honeycutt enjoyed a truly special day on Friday at Watkins Glen International. He put his name in the record books by winning a doubleheader.
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Honeycutt became only the second driver in history to win an ARCA Menards Series race and a Craftsman Truck Series race in the same day. He followed Sam Mayer, who pulled off the feat at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2020.
Oh, and he also scored his first career win in each of the series before following through on his promise to shotgun a beer with the racing fans in attendance. This also made racing history.
A little history made today: @KadenWHoneycutt joins @sam_mayer_ as the only two drivers to win an @ARCA_Racing and @NASCAR_Trucks race on the same day. Mayer did it on Sept 17, 2020 at Bristol.
— Charles Krall (@ChasKrall) May 8, 2026
Honeycutt kicked off the day by driving the No. 17 Toyota in the ARCA Menards Series race. He took the lead from Carson Brown on Lap 13 of the 41-lap race, and he never looked back. He won by 3.492 seconds and scored his first career ARCA win in his first start since 2023.
The afternoon continued with Honeycutt taking over his No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota. The Truck Series points leader started seventh in a field filled with road course stars, and he took control when it counted.
He steadily moved his way through the field during the final stage and then he took the lead from Connor Zilisch on the overtime restart. From that point on, he had to hold off the road course ringer for two final laps.
Honeycutt described himself as someone who is not a road course expert, but he held off a packed field of drivers before scoring his first-ever Truck Series win.
FRIDAY SWEEP. Kaden Honeycutt holds off Connor Zilisch and becomes a NASCAR Truck Series winner at Watkins Glen! pic.twitter.com/REBrBgJ2d2
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 8, 2026
Zilisch finished second while Shane van Gisbergen finished third. The rest of the top 10 included Daniel Hemric, Chandler Smith, AJ Allmendinger, Brent Crews, Mini Tyrrell, Brenden Queen, and Connor Mosack.
"It feels amazing," an emotional Honeycutt said to Fox Sports' Kaitlyn Vincie after the race. "Thank you Toyota, this whole 11 crew.
"Thank you Trent (Rodriguez, manager, driver development, TRD), Slugger (Labbe, Engineering Manager, Vehicle Support, TRD), Matt Puccia (competition director, TRICON Garage), Scott (Zipadelli, crew chief) that believed in me to take this truck over after Corey (Heim) drove it last year. It was just amazing. I can't believe I just won at a road course. That's just unbelievable."
